A Midsummer Night's Dream for kids

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A Midsummer Night's Dream for kids

A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of a series of lesson plans to accompany the short animated videos of six of Shakespeare's plays on LearnEnglish Kids.

Author:

Rachael Ro

Introduction

In this lesson plan, which can be delivered as a 45-minute lesson or as shorter segments over three lessons, learners will be introduced to the Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream through a short animated video. They will complete comprehension activities and then think about and discuss the ideas of 'dreams' and 'magic' from the play, with the teacher's guidance. Finally learners will develop their creative writing skills by imagining and writing about either a magical dream or a magic potion or spell.

Aims

Learners will develop strategies for watching and understanding a short video based on the Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Learners will develop comprehension and speaking skills by discussing ideas from the play.

Learners will develop writing skills through a personalised writing activity based on an element from the play.